LMT vs. HON, BA, TDG, GD, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII
Should you be buying Lockheed Martin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lockheed Martin include Honeywell International (HON), Boeing (BA), TransDigm Group (TDG), General Dynamics (GD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.
Lockheed Martin vs.
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lockheed Martin pays an annual dividend of $13.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lockheed Martin pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lockheed Martin has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Honeywell International has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Lockheed Martin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Lockheed Martin currently has a consensus target price of $544.20, indicating a potential upside of 25.18%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $249.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.72%. Given Lockheed Martin's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lockheed Martin is more favorable than Honeywell International.
Honeywell International received 410 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.41% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 14.82% compared to Lockheed Martin's net margin of 7.51%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 101.47% beat Honeywell International's return on equity.
Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lockheed Martin had 30 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Lockheed Martin and 39 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Lockheed Martin's score of 1.10 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Honeywell International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honeywell International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Honeywell International beats Lockheed Martin on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LMT) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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